Buddy Rich - Birdland (2015)MP3 320 kbps CBR | 58:07 min | 136 MBGenre: Jazz, Big Band | Label: Rich RecordsThere's usually a reason why previously unreleased material was never initially offered for consumer consumption, whether it's due to subpar sound quality, less than adequate material or blas? musicians' outtakes and so on. However, these tracks by the Buddy Rich Killer Force band were recorded at various venues through the years when saxophonist Alan Gauvin-who also penned the album notes -was in the band and recorded these performances for posterity and not initially intended to be sold. Gauvin doesn't recall the exact dates, but at the time, Rich led the band through a rigorous touring schedule and it's estimated that these pieces span the 70s and 80s.